Spent the last couple of days off and on in the shack matching crystals and sweeping crystal filters. Results from crystal matching yields a wealth of data most of which I'm not sure yet what to do with. Frequency is the easy one and then things can get a little complicated. Data I have access to is as follows:
Xtl Fs -3dB BW Rs Cm Lm Q
x4 |
4,913,470 |
95 |
9 |
0.0184 |
56.96 |
195,438 |
x9 |
4,913,508 |
100 |
11.14 |
0.0182 |
57.51 |
159,442 |
x14 |
4,913,536 |
100 |
11.14 |
0.0182 |
57.51 |
159,443 |
x15 |
4,913,536 |
96 |
9.11 |
0.0186 |
56.56 |
191,570 |
x5 |
4,913,545 |
96 |
9.11 |
0.0186 |
56.56 |
191,570 |
x8 |
4,913,547 |
97 |
11.14 |
0.0177 |
59.29 |
164,374 |
x1 |
4,913,587 |
92 |
9 |
0.0178 |
58.81 |
201,816 |
x10 |
4,913,600 |
85 |
8.76 |
0.0166 |
63.22 |
222,727 |
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I took out 7 other crystals as the Q for them was below 150,000. I read that number somewhere as the defining line, but I suppose open for debate. | | | |
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So far anything I've read on the subject, I'm not clear as to how to use all this data in making choices for crystal selection. Testing so far I've used a breadboard, not the best I know, and a board I etched to help with testing crystal filters. Results while interesting so far, are very time consuming in obtaining. I can see the effects of changing capacitors and a much more detailed and a better test jig is in order before being able to have something useful to go with. |
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One surprise was the minimal effect on the ripple when substituting a good crystal with one that has a poor numbers or a Fs much further away. What I can say for sure is that I can see that the crystal filter as a complete circuit may be the way to go when testing such circuits. The capacitors and matching transformers have a large effect on the filters response and when ever I get around to doing this testing again, I will incorporate the torroids as well. Not just the caps and crystals. |
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Now back to building the LBS project and hopefully not get too distracted again. |
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73, Peter |
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